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According to the reading of Theodotion and the Peshitta, Daniel pet:tinned the king for time, but that petition does not imply necessarily that he was admitted into the king's presence; the petition would pass through court officials, and reach the king in due course.
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(2) His humility, in asking the king to give him time. The...
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King James Bible Then Daniel went in, and desired of the...
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And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would...
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King James Bible Then Daniel went in, and desired of the...
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The Dream Revealed to Daniel … 15 And he asked him that had...
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Original Word: חָוָה Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:...
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the time. Daniel 2:21 And he changeth the times and the...
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(2) His humility, in asking the king to give him time. The wise men regarded the whole matter as an impossibility, and treated it as such, not even asking for any extension of time. But the faith of Daniel inspired him with this courageous humility, and was amply rewarded.
Jan 23, 2020 · There are a few possible reasons that I can see why Daniel refused to eat the King’s food. The most important reason is that Daniel was showing how strong his faith was to God by refusing to eat the King’s food. Daniel is proving himself that he is solely relying on the Lord and not anybody else.
Jan 22, 2020 · Daniel and the other three young men were brought to Babylon in the first deportation for the express purpose of being trained to serve the Babylonian government. The young men were from the royal family and nobility. According to Josephus, Daniel and the other boys were from the family of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah.
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- Conforming Without Compromising
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Daniel was born during the reign of King Josiah—a time when the nation of Judah was experiencing spiritual revival (641-609 B.C.). But shortly after Josiah’s death, the nation slid into rebellion. God’s judgment and discipline were inevitable. More than one hundred years earlier the prophet Isaiah had given this warning: Nebuchadnezzar II, the king...
When Daniel arrived in Babylon, he could not have imagined what lay ahead. Most of the Jewish captives, like the prophet Ezekiel, ended up in refugee settlements and worked as slave laborers. Only a select few received white-collar jobs in the king’s palace. Daniel 1:3-4 describes the qualities that drew King Nebuchadnezzar’s attention to Daniel an...
When Daniel arrived in Babylon, he couldn’t change the factthat he was an intelligent, good-looking young man. He was bound to attract theking’s attention whether he wanted to or not. But there was one thing he hadcomplete control over, and that was his character. Daniel could respond to hisheathen conqueror with resentment and hostility or respect...
Immediately upon arrival in the king’s palace, Daniel faced a comprehensive Babylonian indoctrination program. Nebuchadnezzar’s plan wasn’t to simply educate Daniel and his friends; he wanted to separate them from their Jewish cultural training and transform them into Babylonians through-and-through. To accomplish this, the king implemented a four-...
As one of the king’s advisors or “wise men,” Daniel wielded tremendous power and influence. It would have been easy for him to become prideful, but the Bible never mentions a time when he accepted any kind of credit for himself. When his Babylonian peers failed to interpret a dream for the king, Daniel saved their heads by interpreting the dream, a...
Thinking back to Daniel’s childhood in Jerusalem, his parents’ dreams lay in ruins. God never delivered him from Babylon. He spent his entire adult life as a stranger in a foreign land, without a wife or children. He never returned home to worship God with his own people, let alone in the temple. Yet he walked with Godevery day of his life, and he ...
Sep 23, 2018 · He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such as harsh decree?” Arioch explained the matter to Daniel. At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time so that he might interpret the dream for him. Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Why do Daniel and Revelation give varying counts of 1,260, 1,290, and 1,335 days for the tribulation? Why did Daniel ask God to “incline your ear and hear” in Daniel 9:18? What are the seventy weeks of Daniel?
